Open your mouth wide

Open your mouth wide

" Open your mouth wide —and I will fill it!" Psalm 81:10

These are the words of Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. And He is not only able—He is ever willing to bless to all who come to Him. The God of all grace does not simply permit His needy creatures to come with their wants to Him—He invites and enjoins them to do so! In the text He encourages enlarged desires: "Open your mouth wide," He says, "and I will fill it!"

He delights in mercy! He loves to bless! He is ready to satisfy us with His favor! God pities us when, in the weakness of our faith, we ask only a little of Him, and with small expectation of receiving anything. He would have us, in the name of Jesus, to ask much—and with the full assurance that we cannot ask in vain, when we covet earnestly the best gifts.

Often, O Lord, am I straitened in myself, but never am I straitened in You. If I have not—it is because I ask not, or because I ask amiss. Enlarge my desires, and increase my faith. Help me to come to You . . .
  hungry—to be satisfied;
  needy—to be enriched;
  empty—to be filled.

Help me to some suitable apprehension of Your inestimable love in the gift and sacrifice of Your dear Son—so shall I feel assured that You will with Him, freely give me all things.

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